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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I could conceivably agree to the Europeanisation of railway transport that has been put forward in the directives we are now considering and, consequently, the liberalisation of the rail sector. I could also give my support to the legal separation of the management of railway infrastructures from the provision of transport services. In order to do so, however, I would have to see guarantees on certain fundamental issues, which are the criteria for the quality and efficiency of the enormously important political and economic measure that should result from these directives.
We are all aware that many European countries were not able to take part in the industrial revolution of the 19th Century at the right time, precisely because they lacked adequate rail connections. Some of them are still waiting today for their railways to be modernised and, more specifically, for access to the European High Speed Network. The liberalisation of this sector must under no circumstances be an obstacle to this access. Rail networks must therefore continue to provide a guaranteed public service in all Europe’s regions, particularly the more remote ones.
Furthermore, liberalisation must not lead to necessary lines being closed, to unemployment or to safety standards and the quality of service falling. Recent events have given us grounds to think that these are possible consequences, which must be prevented at all costs. We therefore harbour grave reservations about supporting these directives."@en1
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